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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heleomyzinae » Orbelliini » Orbellia » Orbellia petersoni
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Chironomidae sp ? - Orbellia petersoni
Copyright © 2014 JerryMcCormick

Chironomidae sp ? - Orbellia petersoni
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
December 12, 2014
Size: 5 mm
I've seen several of these walking on the surface of the snow when temperatures were 25 to 30 degrees and the sky cloudy.
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Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 12 December, 2014 - 7:01pm
Last updated 11 December, 2022 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Heleomyzidae.
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check out Orbellia
just a guess
… metrioptera, 12 December, 2014 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Orbella petersoni
On the very day I received this update, I photographed another individual of the same species (I believe). These photos are far superior and were entered into Bug Guide and are #2203161. Thank your for your interest! Jerry
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